Psy2031 - W11B - Sexual Behaviour

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Sexual behaviour refers to _____ _____ of any kind including behaviours related to ______.

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sexual intercourse
courtship

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What are the 4 stages of sexual interaction between male and female?

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1. Sexual attraction
2. Appetite Behaviours
3. Copulation
4. Postcopulation

Front 3

What are the four main hormones implicated in the sexual reproduction of females?

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1. Oestrogen
2. Progesterone
3. LH
4. FSH

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What are the two main hormones implicated in the sexual reproduction of males?

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1. Testosterone
2. FSH

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What are the main effects of Oestrogen?

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1. Development of secondary sexual characteristics (puberty)
2. Behavioural effects

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Oestrogen, Progesterone and Testosterone are regulated by ___ and ___, which are in turn controlled by ______ which is stored in the _______.

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LH
FSH
GnRH
Hypothalamus

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What are the main effects of Progesterone?

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1. Secondary Sexual Characteristics
2. Behaviour
3. Maintains pregnancy

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What are the main effects of Testosterone?

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1. development of primary male characteristics in the foetus
2. Enleargement of male reproductive organs
3. Development of secondary male characteristics
4. Involved in Spermatogenesis along with FSH

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The Sry is the ____ ___ gene on the _ chromosome.

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sex determining
Y

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The Sry gene cell produces Sry _____ which causes cells in core indifferent gonad to ______, the gonad develops into a _____.

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Protein
proliferate
testis

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If no Y chromosome is present after fertilisation the cells proliferate into

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ovaries

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Gender is determined by the presence or absence of the

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Y chromosome

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Hormones form the are largely responsible for making the

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male fetus develop differently from the female fetus.

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The developing testes produces several hormones while the early ovaries produce

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little hormones

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Other cells in the embryo receive testicular hormones and start to develop ____ _____, if not exposed to testicular hormones then they develop _____ _____.

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masculine characteristics
feminine Characteristics

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At embryonic stage all individuals have the precursor tissue for

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either male or female development

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Gonads develop into either

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ovaries or testis

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The early fetus has a ____ _____, that later developed into a clitoris or penis.

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genital tubercle

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The early fetus has two sets of ducts that connects to the indifferent gonads known as the

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wolffian and mullerian ducts

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In _____ the mullerian ducs develop into ____, ______ & _____ and the wolffian ducts shrink.

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females
fallopian tubes, uterus and vagina

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In _____ the wolffian ducts develop into ____, ______ & _____ and the mullerian ducts shrink.

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males
epididymus, vas deferens and seminal vesicle

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What are the 8 steps towards Adult gender identity?

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1. Genetic Sex
2. Gonadal Sex
3. Hormonal Sex
4. Phenotype sex
5. Sex assignment
6. Early Gender identity
7. Pubertal Gender Identity
8. Adult Gender Identity

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The development of wolffian ducts is promoted by steroidal....

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androgen testosterone

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Shrinkage of the mullerian ducts is caused by protein _____ _____ _____ (MRH).

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Mullerian Regression Hormone

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If there is no testis to produce testosterone and MRH then wolffian ducts.....

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don't develop and the mullerian ducts develop unimpeded.

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Testosterone causes tissues around urethra to form the ___ ___ and also forms the ___ and ____.

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prostate gland
scrotum and penis

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The effects of testosterone are also aided by the conversion of testosterone into another steroidal androgen called....

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dihydrotestosterone (DHT)

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People with one sex chromosome (XO) have what's known as

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Turners Syndrome

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The main effects of Turner's syndrome are...

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1. Poorly developed ovaries
2. face is triangular
3. Webbed Neck
4. Nipple spreadage
5. Mild mental retardation
6. Delayed secual development

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Sometimes females XX that are exposed to too much androgen in utero may be

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masculinised

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In human some genetic mutations may result in a female exposed to angrogens in utero known as

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Congential Adrenal Hyperplasia

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In Congential Adrenal Hyperplasia the adrenal glands fail to produce enough ______ and newborns have an ______ appearance.

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corticosteroids
intersex

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Masculination is the

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enhancement or production of male characteristics

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The enhancement or production of female characteristics is known as

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Feminisation

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The suppression or disruption of male characteristics is known as

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demasculinisation

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Defeminisation is the

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suppression or disruption of female characteristics

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Male testicular steroids that masculinize the genetalia can also masculinize the ______ ______ and thus alter behaviour appropriate for its sex

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developing brain

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Sexual dimorphism in the nervous system includes differences in the

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number, size and shape of neurones, as well as number of synapses

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What are some examples of the effects of sexual dimorphism?

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differences in hypothalamus and spinal cord between males and females

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Females outperform males in ____ tasks, males outperform females in ____ tasks.

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verbal
spatial

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Differential treatment can affect developing brain and can contribute to later

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sex differences in behaviour

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What are 6 influences of the development of sexual orientation?

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1. parenting
2. parenting as a response to dealing with sex atypical children
3. biological factors
4. brain differences
5. genetic makeup
6. possible evolutionary benefit

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Gender identity refers to the

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subjective sense of one's own sex

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Reproductive anatomy is ____ determined

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hormonally

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Environment has a major but not _______ effect.

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exclusive

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Genetic identity and sexual preference appear to have both ____ and _____ bases

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genetic and environemental